सुक सारिका जानकी ज्याये । कनक-पिंजरन्हि राखि पढ़ाये ॥
व्याकुल कहहिं कहाँ बैदेही । सुनि धीरज परिहरइ न केही ॥
suka sārikā jānakī jyāye | kanaka-piṃjaranhi rākhi par̤hāye ||
vyākula kahahiṃ kahām̐ baidehī | suni dhīraja pariharai na kehī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 338: Even the parrots grieve; Janaka breaks down
5 verses · 338 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Even the parrots grieve; Janaka breaks down
The parrots and mynas Sita had raised and taught to speak in golden cages cry out, where is Vaidehi? Hearing them, no one can keep composure. If birds and beasts grieve like this, how can the state of people be told? Then Janaka comes with his brother, his eyes brimming. Seeing Sita, his steadiness flees, he who was known as the supreme renunciant. He holds her to his heart, and the great boundary of his wisdom gives way. His wise ministers try to console him, then reflect that this is not the moment for it. Embracing his daughter again and again, he sends for lovely palanquins. With the whole family overcome, the king, seeing the auspicious hour, seats the princesses in them, remembering Ganesha.
भये विकल खग मृग एहि भाँती । मनुज दसा कैसें कहि जाती ॥
बन्धु समेत जनक तब आये । प्रेम उमगि लोचन जल छाये ॥
bhaye vikala khaga mṛga ehi bhām̐tī | manuja dasā kaiseṃ kahi jātī ||
bandhu sameta janaka taba āye | prema umagi locana jala chāye ||
सीय बिलोकि धीरता भागी । रहे कहावत परम-बिरागी ॥
लीन्हि राय उर लाइ जानकी । मिटी महा-मरजाद ज्ञान की ॥
sīya biloki dhīratā bhāgī | rahe kahāvata parama-birāgī ||
līnhi rāya ura lāi jānakī | miṭī mahā-marajāda jñāna kī ||
समुझावत सब सचिव सयाने । कीन्ह विचार, न अवसर जाने ॥
बारहिँ बार सुता उर लाई । सजि सुन्दर पालकीं मगाई ॥
samujhāvata saba saciva sayāne | kīnha vicāra, na avasara jāne ||
bārahim̐ bāra sutā ura lāī | saji sundara pālakīṃ magāī ||
प्रेम-बिबस परिवार सब, जानि सुलगन नरेस ।
कुँअरि चढ़ाई पालकिन्ह, सुमिरे सिद्ध गनेस ॥
prema-bibasa parivāra saba, jāni sulagana naresa |
kum̐ari car̤hāī pālakinha, sumire siddha ganesa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0